Legal Opinion
Heavens v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 9, 2013PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Senior Judge COLINS.
Christopher Heavens (Requester) petitions for review from a final determination of the Office of Open Records (OOR) denying his request submitted pursuant to the Right to Know Law1 (RTKL) for records related to an investigation conducted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on the grounds that DEP had met its burden of demonstrating that the records sought were exempt from access under the noncriminal investigation exemption, the attorney-client privilege, and the attorney-work product doctrine. For the following reasons, we affirm.2
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bowling v. Office of Open RecordsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Gillard v. AIG InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Department of Health v. Office of Open RecordsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Sherry v. Radnor Township School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Bowling v. Office of Open RecordsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
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3Cited by48 opinions
- McGowan v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental ProtectionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Office of the District Attorney of Philadelphia v. BagwellCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- Commonwealth, Office of Open Records v. Center TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- PA Dept. of Ed. v. R. Bagwell PSU v. R. BagwellCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
- Levy v. Senate of PennsylvaniaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
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